Ride With Feel, Train With Purpose.

Learn how to build confidence, solve problems, and develop a thoughtful, horse-first approach to training with Tik Maynard.

Online Clinic Auditing

Riding with Tik Maynard brings you inside unscripted sessions from everyday riders, with young horses, seasoned partners, and everything in between. Audit lessons in groundwork, trailer loading, and riding, with all the questions, adjustments, and small wins that come with it.

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Meet Tik Maynard

Tik Maynard is an international event rider, trainer, and educator known for his thoughtful, horse-first approach to training. Blending high-performance experience with a deep respect for the horse, Tik teaches riders how to develop both skill and feel, creating results without compromising the horse’s well-being. His approach is grounded in clarity, consistency, and understanding. Whether he’s working with young horses, restarting OTTBs, or refining performance horses, Tik focuses on building confidence, communication, and rideability at every stage.

Getting Started

Who This Training Is For

This training is for riders who want to improve, but also understand.

If you’ve ever felt like:

  • Your horse is inconsistent from ride to ride
  • You struggle with confidence, nerves, or second-guessing yourself
  • You’re not sure how to progress your training in a structured way
  • You want your horse to feel more relaxed, rideable, and responsive
  • You’re working with a young, sensitive, or restarting horse

This is where things start to make sense.

  • How to "Play" With Your Horse

    2x Road to the Horse champion and FEI event rider Tik Maynard teaches 5 "play" exercises in his latest Equestrian Masterclass course.

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  • How to Introduce Spooky Fences

    Tik Maynard breaks down the psychology behind spookiness and teaches you how to reframe your horse’s fear response into curiosity, confidence, and trust.

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  • How to Train the Pushy Horse

    Tik Maynard unpacks the psychology behind pushy horses and gives you the tools to retrain their behavior with patience, consistency, and mutual respect.

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  • How to Solve Trailering Issues

    Tik blends performance-level expertise with natural horsemanship, emotional awareness, and behavior-based groundwork to tackle horse trailer loading problems.

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  • How to Train the Young Horse

    Tik Maynard takes you inside his thoughtful, proven approach to building trust, focus, and rideability in young horses; without rushing, forcing, or overwhelming them.

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  • How to Train the Spooky & Anxious Horse

    In this Masterclass,Tik Maynard helps you decode the spooky or anxious horse with a calm, clear, and deeply compassionate approach. Build confidence and reduce...

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  • How to Solve Common Training Problems

    In this masterclass, ou’ll ride along with real horses and real moments, learning how to: help a shut down horse, build confidence in jumping, break the cycle of pushy horses, and develop a strong connection.

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  • How to Understand Horse Behavior

    In this 10-part course, Tik Maynard, international competitor, Road to the Horse champion, and leading voice in humane horsemanship,pulls back the curtain on how horses think, learn, and communicate.

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  • How to Build Your Horse's Confidence

    Confidence isn’t just about desensitization and exposing a horse to scary things. It’s about teaching horses how to think. True confidence isn’t about putting up with stress. It’s about learning how to....

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Practical Training. Real Results.

Tik Maynard understands what it means to develop your horse into your partner. His goal is to teach you how to develop a lasting partnership with your horse, regardless of your discipline.

  • Build Confidence

    Learn how to manage nerves, trust your instincts, and ride with clarity, even in challenging situations.

  • Improve Responsiveness

    Create a horse that is balanced, adjustable, and tuned in to your aids.

  • Standardize Training

    Understand how to structure your rides and progress over time, not just day by day.

  • Audit Real Rides

    Follow along as Tik works through real training challenges, not just ideal situations.

  • Train the Mind

    Develop the mental skills needed to stay focused, effective, and consistent as a rider.

  • Horse-First, Always

    Improve performance without sacrificing your horse’s confidence, relaxation, or well-being.

Thoughtful Training, From the Inside Out

Tik’s approach is rooted in the belief that better riding starts with better thinking.

It’s not about quick fixes or perfect rides, it’s about understanding:

  • Why things go wrong
  • How to respond in the moment
  • How to set your horse up for success

By combining technical skill with awareness and feel, riders learn how to adapt, problem-solve, and improve in a way that lasts.

  • Tik Maynard's Foundational Bundle

    In this bundle you get access to four of Tik Maynard's masterclasses to give you a foundation in groundwork. You'll be able to understand your horse's body and language, focus on addressing sticky issues, build confidence and trust, and improve the relationship you have. 

    What's Included:

    • The Confidence Advantage with Tik
    • Understanding Horse Behavior
    • Solving Common Training Problems
    • Introducing Play With Your Horse
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  • The Spooky & Anxious Horse

    When your horse feels unsure, reactive, or overwhelmed, it can be hard to know where to start. This bundle gives you a clear, horse-first approach to building confidence, reducing anxiety, and helping your horse feel safe, understood, and rideable again.

    What’s Included

    • Tik Maynard Teaches Training the Spooky or Anxious Horse
    • Chelsea Canedy Teaches Training the Barn Sour (Herd-Bound) Horse
    • Introducing Spooky Fences with Tik Maynard
    • Why Does Your Horse Struggle – MasterTalk with Josh Nichol
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  • The Groundwork Starter Pack

    Better riding starts on the ground. This bundle is designed to help you build communication, trust, and responsiveness through thoughtful groundwork, giving you the tools to understand your horse, address anxiety, and create a stronger partnership before you ever get in the saddle.

    What’s Included

    • Two Weeks to Better Groundwork with Chelsea Canedy
    • Tik Maynard Teaches Training the Spooky or Anxious Horse
    • Tik Maynard Teaches Introducing Play with Your Horse
    • Understanding Your Horse's Needs Part 1 with Josh Nichol
    • Understanding Your Horse's Needs Part 2 with Josh Nichol
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  • Getting to Know Your New Horse

    Bringing a new horse into your life comes with a lot of unknowns. This bundle is designed to help you understand who your horse is, how they think, and how to build a solid foundation from day one, so you can move forward with clarity, confidence, and a plan.

    What’s Included

    • New Horse Starter Pack with Chelsea Canedy
    • Tik Maynard Teaches Training the Young Horse
    • Understanding Your Horse's Body with Josh Nichol
    • Tik Maynard Teaches Understanding Horse Behaviour
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  • Training the Spooky or Anxious Horse

    This bundle combines three masterclasses for Tik Maynard. You'll learn how to understand your horse's behavior and how to work with them. You'll also gain access to Tik's course centered on training Spooky or Anxious horses, and the Confidence Advantage. These combination will give you the insight and tools you need to make the progress you want.

    What you get:

    • Training the Spooky or Anxious Horse, see Tik work through specific issues with spooky horses.
    • The Confidence Advantage, watch 3 horses struggling with confidence, learn how to feel safe and secure.
    • Understand Your Horse's Behavior, Tik gives an in-depth overview of how to understand where your horse is coming from, so you can meet them where they are.
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  • The Ultimate Trailering Bundle

    With this bundle you get access to Tik's unique training problem that solves one big issue, trailering. Being able to load your horse for shows, moves, appointments, and emergencies is a key skill that you shouldn't overlook. If you have a horse that is scared of trailers, won't load, or panics when it's time to walk on, this bundle is for you. 

    What you get:

    • Masterclass: Trailering 101, watch Tik work with through trailering issues with real horses and offer exercises that anyone can do at home.
    • Mastertalk: Getting Horses to Load Confidently, listen to Tik explain how and why trailering becomes an issue, and understand how you can work with your horse to solve it.
    • Masterclass: Tik Maynard’s Four Building Blocks to Better Horsemanship, learn the foundational groundwork skills needed to increase your horse's trust. 
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What You Can Expect

With consistent application, riders often experience:

  • Increased confidence and clarity in their riding
  • A more relaxed, responsive, and rideable horse
  • Better structure and purpose in every ride
  • Improved ability to handle challenges and setbacks
  • A stronger partnership built on trust and understanding

This is about becoming a more effective, thoughtful rider, every time you get on.

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